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郢
yǐng
a state in Hubei province
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阝 (place) provides meaning, 呈 provides pronunciation
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⿰呈阝
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Stroke Order
Component Tree i
chéng
呈
to petition, to submit; to appear, to show
💡 Ideographic:
To speak 口 before a king 王
7 strokes
HSK 6
wáng
王
king, ruler; royal; surname
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A man 十 bridging heaven and earth (both 一)
4 strokes
HSK 5
Words Using 郢 (2)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
郢
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Yǐng
Ying, ancient capital of Chu [[楚]] in Hubei, Jianling county [[江陵縣|江陵县]]
Yǐng
郢
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Ying, ancient capital of Chu [[楚]] in Hubei, Jianling county [[江陵縣|江陵县]]
郢书燕说
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YǐngshūYānshuō
lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital [[郢<Yǐng>]] of [[楚<Chǔ>]] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of [[燕<Yān>]] as "promote the wise"
YǐngshūYānshuō
郢书燕说
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lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital [[郢<Yǐng>]] of [[楚<Chǔ>]] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of [[燕<Yān>]] as "promote the wise"